Enchanted Woods at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Discovery Garden -- Paul Smith Children's Village at Cheyenne Botanic Gardens -- Chicago Botanic Gardens Regenstein Learning Campus -- Children's Garden at Hershey Gardens -- Helen and Peter Bing Children's Garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens -- Ithaca Children's Garden -- Luci and Ian Family Garden at Michigan State University -- Longwood Gardens Indoor Children's Garden -- Michigan 4-H Children's Garden at Michigan State University -- Morton Arboretums Children's Garden -- Vicky C. and David Byron Smith Children's Garden at Naples Botanical Garden -- Everett Children's Adventure Garden at the New York Botanical Garden -- Childhood's Gate Children's Garden in the Arboretum at Pennsylvania State University -- Children's Garden at River Farm -- Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens -- United States Botanic Garden Children's Garden -- Children's Discovery Garden at Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark -- Enchanted Woods at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library.
Summary:
"Children's gardens are magical places where kids can interact with plants, see where food and fibers grow, and experience the role of birds, butterflies, and bees in nature. These gardens do more than just expose youngsters to outdoor environments. They also provide marvelous teaching opportunities for children to care for vegetables and flowers and interact in creative spaces designed to stimulate all five senses. In The Magic of Children's Gardens, landscape architect Lolly Tai provides the primary goals, concepts, and key considerations for designing outdoor spaces that are attractive and suitable for children, especially in urban environments. Tai presents inspiring ideas for creating children's green spaces by examining nineteen outstanding case studies, including the Chicago Botanic Garden, Winterthur, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Magic of Children's Gardens features hundreds of comprehensive drawings and exquisite photographs of successful children's outdoor environments, detailed explanations of the design process, and the criteria for creating attractive and engaging gardens for children to augment their physical, mental, and emotional development. Exposing youth to well-planned outdoor environments promotes our next generation of environmental stewards. The Magic of Children's Gardens offers practitioners a guide to designing these valued spaces." -- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.